Use this scoring guide in combination with the Sea Horses: Father Knows Best lesson.
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Sea Horses: Father Knows Best Rubric

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Exemplary

Student:

  • clearly and effectively describes the life cycle of the sea horse.
  • navigates the Internet quickly and efficiently.
  • carefully chooses facts that are well suited to purpose and audience.
  • makes connections and shares new understandings during discussions.
3

Competent

Student:

  • describes the life cycle of the sea horse with slight prompting.
  • navigates the Internet with few problems.
  • chooses facts that are suited to purpose and audience.
  • makes some connections during discussions.
2

Developing

Student:

  • describes the life cycle of the sea horse with prompting.
  • can navigate within a site, once a specific site is reached.
  • chooses facts that are loosely related to topic.
  • makes obvious or predictable connections during discussions.
1

Emerging

Student:

  • describes the life cycle of the sea horse with guided questioning.
  • can perform simple navigational tasks.
  • chooses facts that are unrelated to the topic.
  • makes few connections and needs prompting to express ideas during discussions.

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